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China and Impact on South Africa Tourism
Nomfundo B Zonke | August 6, 2018
South Africa has continued to strengthen its ties with China, to ensure that the economic engagement was mutually beneficial, continued to lead to infrastructure development, greater economic participation and the greater good of both countries. By Nomfundo B Zonke Over the past decade, South Africa has continued to strengthen its ties with the People's Republic of China. Many Chinese companies operating in South Africa are geared towards the rising number of Chinese tourists who visit the country each year. South Africa is also home to a large number of Chinese immigrants: Yoon Jung Park, a researcher on Chinese migrants in South Afri...
Sustainable Extravagance: Water-Wise Hospitality
Tim P. Smith | December 14, 2017
By Tim P. Smith, Nomfundo B Zonke, Sofie Otto High Season and Low Dams #WaterWatch Currently the biggest socio-economic problem facing the Western Cape region is severe drought and related water shortages. The drought reached crisis levels in early October 2017 when the City of Cape Town estimated it only had 5-months of water left. It has been ongoing since 2015 when water storage in the city's dam levels began to drop, declining from 71.9% in 2014 to 50.1% in 2015. Declared the city's worst drought in a century, some dams and reserves have less than 10% of their usable capacity remaining. The biggest cause of water scarcity is the El ...
